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Hi Guys
Just joined after being diagnosed initially as Type 1 Adult Onset. The reading was made from a fasting blood test three months ago with a BS level of 9.6. The doctor was alarmed and made me have another test three months later (just had it) however I had a different type of test while in hospital which read 13.4. Not sure where that is going to put me.

A question I have is that the doctor wanted to see whether I could be dietry controlled but, due to loads of **** going on at home (relationship break up, work issues, etc) I have completely ignored any attempt at healthy eating and eaten ****.

What i am not sure about is what is the effects of over doing the bad food?
I'm having terrible low moods but not sure if that is the environment or the sudden onset of this illness (I also had chest problems hence the hospital stay). Prior to this, I was pretty fit throughout my life, long term martial artist, ex-Royal Marine and used to play squash weekly so this sudden change in health has hit me like a brick.

Thanks in advance guys....
 
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Yes high blood sugars can make you feel ill. Often lethargic and leaden.
 
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I know how confused you must be. Ive had high blood sugars for a couple of months and have just gone onto insulin a couple of weeks ago. I have been feeling really exhaustedand know the worryfactor. However been getting some good advice from people on here and just reading some of the old posts has been really usefull.

Hope you get some good advice from some of the experienced people on the forum.
 
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hmm not really sure on that one but might be cos' of high blood sugars that arent making you feel to good.Normally when i get back of my summer holidays after eating rubbish my blood sugar is wonky,ski-wiff,all over the place but when i go back to school and eat properly again it goes back to normal. :oops:
 
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Hi Cullers,

Welcome to the forum.

High blood sugars, as you have heard, do indeed make you feel rotten.

Are you ready to take control of your eating yet?

I know it is much harder to moderate your diet, and perhaps drinking too, when you have had so much loss and upset.

You will get away with rotten blood sugars on the short term (unless you go into ketoacidosis) but on the moderate to long term, life will be much better if you have your wits about you and your eyes and limbs intact.

You can read about the steps you can take to sort your diabetes out at www.dsolve.com

It helps to have your emotions sorted out first. Next, it does help if you have decent accommodation and cooking facilities.

I really hope 2009 is going to be a better year for you.
 
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Well the fact its the holiday season meant it would have been a double blow to try and keep food eating 'sensible' so I decided to start proper (ish) eating after New Year. So am I ready? Yeah (ish).

I had chest/heart problems around Sept which knocked me off my feet in so many ways and this was about the time that the diabetes was diagnosed as well so it was a double whammy. Added to that the break down of my marriage and i had a wonderful situation over the past three or four months.

But with the new year comes a new outlook. I intend to drop a few pounds, get my eating in line, and get back to being fitter. I had a phone call from the doctors on Monday asking me to book an appointment as a result of my last fasting blood test so am seeing my GP on Tuesday.

Now just have to work out what is managably healthy to eat as I am particularly faddy when it comes to food.

Thanks everyone for the kind words
 
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A question for your doctor, Cullers
Why would anyone try to control T1 by diet only? It's very unlikely to be sucessful. Nearly all T1s require insulin therapy.I don't know of any that don't, but there may be one somewhere.
 
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The fewer carbs you eat, the easier it is to contrrol diabetes, whichever kind you have. Fats are not a problem to a diabetic diet. they are probabaly not much of a problem to anyone, but we can't get away from fat phobia.
In fact a high fat diet might be the best. Atkins is pretty much perfect for diabetics.
 
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Let me clarify this Type 1 thing, at the moment, it hasn't been confirmed what type of diabetes I have. I had my initial fasting blood test in Sept which was 9.6. He said it was probably adult onset but was concerned about the figures but wanted to wait three months for another fasting blood test to identify the scale of the problem. I guess when I see him on Tuesday I'll get a clearer picture. So me saying it was diet controlled type 1 is a pot shot so please don't identify my ignorance as being fact or final.
 
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That's OK Cullers.If the doc doesn't know how are you supposed to!!! :)
 
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High BG feeds bacteria and makes infections more likely, and worse

Infections tend to drive BG up

Looks like you're caught in a double whammy on top of everything else, sympathies!

IMO you really need a GAD and c-peptide test to sort out which type you are, also a full lipid panel

D-Solve is an excellent site, here's some more reading material

http://www.bloodsugar101.com/

http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/10/d-day.html
 
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Hi again cullers
Your doctor said "adult onset"
I would interpret that to mean T2 and a doctor who doesn't know a great Deal about the subject.
Since they tend to refer to Type 1 and type 2 nowadays and "Adult onset" and "Juvenile onset" are pretty much out of use terms. They are no longer 100% relevant.There are increasing numbers of Juvenile onset T2s.
T1 and T2 are conditions with very similar symptoms and problems, but they have different causes
 
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Hi Cullers,
Do not let your doc. "guess" at diagnosis. This is what mine did. I had 5 years mis-labelled as a Type 2 diabetic and it was only on my own insistence on seeing a diabetes specialist, that I was then actually diagnosed as LADA.(Late Onset Type 1). Ask for a c-peptide test to be done and a GAD test too. It was too late for me to get the c-peptide test, as by then I'd already been on insulin for 4 years but as it's early days for you, you should still be able to get that particular test done. Just be politely assertive and ask to be referred to a diabetes specialist, who hopefully will get the appropriate tests done that you need.
All the best, Choccie.
 
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